According to party sources, Rahul Gandhi was requested by MPs like Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari to remain as the party chief at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament. "But Rahul Gandhi remained firm on stepping down," a party source said. The CPP meeting was chaired by Sonia Gandhi.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-rejects-mps-demand-to-remain-party-chief/articleshow/69955843.cms